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Promising to be the debut novel of the season The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller of a woman’s act of violence against her husband—and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive…
Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London’s most desirable areas. One evening her husband Gabriel returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face, and then never speaks another word.
Alicia’s refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into something far grander, a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety. The price of her art skyrockets, and she, the silent patient, is hidden away from the tabloids and spotlight at the Grove, a secure forensic unit in North London.
Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has waited a long time for the opportunity to work with Alicia. His determination to get her to talk and unravel the mystery of why she shot her husband takes him down a twisting path into his own motivations—a search for the truth that threatens to consume him....
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##2019年goodreads犯罪悬疑类小说第一名，好像还是作者的处女作。故事吗，悬疑类我看的不多，我觉得还行，最后掀锅盖。 故事主要靠第一人称心理活动推进，辅之女主的日记，大量的对话，所以语言比较简单，适合英语学习。 有一些简单的心理学单词和概念，勉强可以算知识点。
##page turner.. but does NOT make sense - Theo knew fully well why she didn't talk from the beginning, 之后的上下求索是闲的？以及结局，完全不make sense. 无缘无故地去杀人，再一次，闲的？铺垫4/5本书还以为是什么了不起的惊天秘密
##起先听了一个小时有声书都准备放弃了，还好听从建议改为阅读。后半部分几乎一口气读完。是不是我读的悬疑太少了，这么容易代入。一直在期待反转然而还是震惊了。
##Compelling? Yes. Convincing? Not so much.
##悬念设置得很好，反转还是玩不过 Gillian Flynn 写的那几本，黑暗也不如Gilli大约听到一半我已经猜出大致方向了，最后大实锤落下的时候，可能是看了太多评论 hyped up 倒觉得没有这么震撼。
##2019年goodreads犯罪悬疑类小说第一名，好像还是作者的处女作。故事吗，悬疑类我看的不多，我觉得还行，最后掀锅盖。 故事主要靠第一人称心理活动推进，辅之女主的日记，大量的对话，所以语言比较简单，适合英语学习。 有一些简单的心理学单词和概念，勉强可以算知识点。
##page turner.. but does NOT make sense - Theo knew fully well why she didn't talk from the beginning, 之后的上下求索是闲的？以及结局，完全不make sense. 无缘无故地去杀人，再一次，闲的？铺垫4/5本书还以为是什么了不起的惊天秘密
##合上书的一刻，我默默地开始鼓掌……心理分析师Theo刻意接近“失声”的精神病患者Alicia，一个残忍杀害自己丈夫的女画家，他不顾一切地希望获得她的信任，让她敞开心扉，说出真相……这是一个把悬念和反转玩到了极致的故事，交叉的双重叙事成功吊足胃口，剧情在往事揭秘和更多谜团中紧张地推进，可以说不输【消失的爱人】。精神病院的氛围营造出的悬念和后半段的反转绝对超过【禁闭岛】带来的震撼。不要轻易打开，因为你会停不下来。
##BOTM拿到的先发版，一个周末就读完了。psychological thriller读得不多，这本给我了一种第一次读and then there were none的感觉。有些地方还是会很强烈的感受到是作者写的第一本小说，但是整体真的是很赞